Lexpert identifies and reports on emerging business issues and practice areas in the business of law. Whether online, in our magazine or in the DealsWire e-newsletter, we chronicle deals and lawsuits of interest, and cover issues of broad concern to the legal profession and those who purchase legal services. We hope you enjoy this sample of our latest content.
From the DealsWire: Burger King closes on Tim's, Mitel, Osisko Gold
The Lexpert DealsWire (subscribe here) documents facts, figures and key legal players behind recent deals. This week's announced deal spotlight focuses on key players and figures in Mitel Networks' proposed $560-million cash and stock acquisition of Texas-based Mavenir Systems.
In our closed deals section, we look at Burger King's $12.5-billion acquisition of Tim Hortons, and two gold mining deals: Waterton's purchase of Arizona mining firm Chaparral Gold and Osisko Gold Royalties' acquisition of Virginia Mines.
How to manage Sony-sized privacy breaches
The Sony hacking scandal is just the most recent example of how corporate reputations can take a big hit from a few keystrokes. Ontario has now recognized a new privacy tort of intrusion upon seclusion that's being used to seek judgments against organizations whose human-resources or customer data is misappropriated, misused or simply misplaced.
Contrasting M&A style across the border
The gaps are narrowing for how American and Canadian companies acquire each other, but our American cousins still use substantially different deal points to get to a closing handshake. So says the American Bar Association's 2014 Canadian Private Target Mergers & Acquisition Deal Points study.
Privacy matters
In Canada, workplace privacy is an evolving area of law that is covered by a complex patchwork of federal and provincial statutes and case law. Lexpert speaks to privacy law experts about how courts, privacy commissioners and arbitrators have ruled on a wide range of workplace privacy issues and employers are watching the decisions very carefully.
Canadian Dealmakers of 2014 Awards
Deloitte, The Globe and Mail, Thomson Reuters (Financial & Risk) and Lexpert are pleased to announce the winners of the Canadian Dealmakers of 2014. A panel of prominent Canadian business leaders selected transactions deserving of special recognition. Winning deals can be singled out for a combination of value, complexity, novelty, promoting growth and/or creating stakeholder value. The Winners were recognized at the Canadian Dealmakers gala dinner on March 5 at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto.